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This Is 40 (2012)

 -  Comedy  -  21 December 2012 (USA)
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A look at the lives of Pete and Debbie a few years after the events of Knocked Up.

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Pete (Paul Rudd) and Debbie (Leslie Mann) are turning 40. But instead of celebrating, they're mired in a mid-life crisis with unruly kids, debt and unhappiness mounding. Pete's record label is failing and Debbie is unable to come to terms with her aging body. As Pete's 40th birthday party arrives, Pete and Debbie are going to have to rely on family, friends, employees, fitness trainers, aging rockers and ultimately each other to come to terms with life at age 40. Written by napierslogs

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The Sort-of Sequel to 'Knocked Up'

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Rated R for sexual content, crude humor, pervasive language and some drug material | See all certifications »

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21 December 2012 (USA)  »

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This Is Forty  »

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$35,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$11,579,175 (USA) (21 December 2012)

Gross:

$67,523,385 (USA) (22 February 2013)
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Trivia

According to Judd Apatow on the DVD commentary, the man who Megan Fox hooks up with at the store is played by Bill Hader. See more »

Goofs

Pete informs Debbie that two of Graham Parker's albums appeared in Rolling Stone Magazine's Top 500 Albums of All Time. This is incorrect: only one Squeezing Out Sparks (1979) appeared at no. 335. See more »

Quotes

Debbie: I don't want a turbo penis. I like your medium soft one.
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Crazy Credits

After the main credits roll, there's an extended alternate take of Catherine ad-libbing insults during the conversation with the Julie, Pete, and Debbie. See more »

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Featured in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #21.53 (2012)
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"Local Girls"
Written by Graham Parker
Performed by Graham Parker and Tom Freund
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This movie sums up everything that is currently wrong with U.S. culture
13 February 2013 | by (United States) – See all my reviews

This movie was actually painful to watch, primarily because of the idiotic lives led by the main characters and their screwed up kids, who by the end of this stupid movie summed up everything that is currently wrong with U.S. culture. The list of how screwed up these people are is long, and I will begin with the adults, so here goes: The adults are insecure with an emotional capacity of teenagers, albeit totally narcissistic and suffering from an over-inflated sense of entitlement, demonstrated by their absolute need to drive $70,000 cars, live in mansions, have every toy on the planet in terms of electronics, bikes, trampolines and clothes, and of course children on top of it. But at the same time these over-medicated people are living so far above their means it isn't even funny, maxing out their credit cards and are heavily in debt. Their diets suck and they are all running to the doctor, specialists and the ER at every turn, at the same time they are facing bankruptcy. The kids are over-indulged, under-disciplined, mouthy brats who have no idea how lucky they are to have such an affluent upbringing, yet are convinced they are somehow not getting all they deserve. The list goes on and on. Although this movie had a few laughs, it was not even close enough of a payoff for having to suffer through an entire movie witnessing the lives of these insipid people. At this point I feel as if I need to go watch an old John Wayne movie just to see how actual adults used to have a backbone, the ability to control themselves, manage money as well as possess and demonstrate innate integrity and maturity. On a side note, perhaps if this banal movie was made 30 years ago, it would be a funny parody, but this movie comes so close to how so many moronic Americans now live their lives it is just depressing. In my opinion this extremely irritating movie is mis-categorized as a comedy, because during the majority of this movie I was cringing thinking how pathetic we have become as a nation.


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